I recently and FINALLY got my hands on some El Dorado 12 and El Dorado 5. Before that, Coruba dark. Both of them are relatively hard to get around LA in that you can't just swing by the local chain store, or even my local liquor stores to get them (where Pyrat XO is a jackpot of a find.)
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kkocka just scooped by last rum purchases. . . ED5 and Coruba are essential for the home bar and I was out of one and desperately low on the other, so that was what I picked up this week. Before that, ED12 and Appleton 12 were the last things I bought. Both regular rotators on my budget-constrained sipping shelf.

The most exciting new recent new finds for me from a few weeks ago were El Dorado 3 year white rum and the newly re-available Cruzan Estate Diamond 5 year gold rum. Both are very solid and destined to become fast friends.

My most recent rum purchase was a bottle of Coruba. It's not available in Ontario but a friend was coming to visit from Manitoba and I got him to bring a bottle with him. My most recent rum purchase that I was able to go to the LCBO and buy was Smith & Cross.

I have to travel 35 miles North to Ray's Liquors in Ft. Pierce (the only place I can get LH 151, and I call first to make sure they have it), then I work my way South stopping at Total Wine & More, Crown Liquors, ABC and finally my neighborhood Star Liquors III who carries Kohala Bay. Anyway, that's why I stock up every three months. I sometimes feel like "Norm" on Cheers . . . when I walk in, the employees all call out "Will!". Is that a bad thing? They all know me because of that "Wanted" poster I passed around and possibly because I empty their shelves of "the good stuff". ABC has my 'Wanted' poster on their bulletin board in the office!